Licensure

The Office of Professional Preparation and Licensure (OPPL) provides recommendations for candidates who have completed their programs or renewal coursework through Purdue University. In other cases, license-seekers may work directly with the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE).

The Pearson CORE content test for School Counselor will be required for all school counselor license applications submittedon or after June 1, 2015. No pedagogy test is required for school counselors. At the time registration opens for the School Counselor test there will be test preparation materials, including a practice test, available on the CORE assessment website.

Pedagogy Test Requirement

A new pedagogy test requirement has been implemented. All candidates will be held to the new test requirement.

All individuals applying for an initial teaching license (including instructional [P-12], student services and administrative licenses) will be required to show evidence of successfully completing education and training on the prevention of child suicide and the recognition of signs that a student may be considering suicide.

All individuals applying for an original initial practitioner license or permit (substitute permits and educational interpreter permits are exempt) and/or the renewal of an existing license will be required to meet the CPR-Heimlich Maneuver-AED Certification requirement. Individuals will be required to attach documentation of CPR-Heimlich Maneuver-AED Certification to the LVIS online license application.

The certification must verify completed training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and Heimlich Maneuver (including a test demonstration on a mannequin and removal of a foreign body causing an obstruction in an airway through the Heimlich Maneuver).

Information about the CPR-Heimlich Maneuver-AED Certification can be accessed by clicking on the CPR-Heimlich Maneuver-AED Certification link under the Quick Links.

Expanded Criminal History

All individuals who are finalist for a teaching position in Indiana must obtain an "Expanded Criminal History Check" (ECH).Individuals will follow school policies and procedures.